Fender guard



March 9 1926.

w. NORDGREN FENDER GUARD Filed Nov. 25 1925 [@475 famynfz @mmr.

Patented Mar. 9, 1926 UNl TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALGOT'W. NORDGREN, OF ST. PAULQM IINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR T0 MARQUETTE MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FENDER GUARD.

Application filed November 25, 1925. Serial No. 71,845.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALGOT W. NORDGREN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented a certain new and useful Fender Guard, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a. fender guard of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly, it is my object to provide a fender guard of the kind which can be manufactured in the factory in pairs adapted for use as rights and lofts, and may be mounted independently on the frame of an automobile, either at the front or rear, and which whenjmounted at the rear will afford between them a A, space for the spare tire carrier and spare tire.

Still another object is to provide such a fender guard having a vertical spaced pair of parallel spring members having curved portions adapted to overlap the rear end of a fender, the inner end portions projecting from said curved ortions toward the car body, said device iaving a rigid support connecting the ends of said spring members and extended therefrom to the car body and secured thereto, and to provide in connection with the structure already described a brace member extending from said rigid member at a point between its points of connection with the ends of the spring device's toward the car body.

A further purpose is to provide in such a device as has been above described a fender brace element.

I With these andother objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my fender guard, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as herein after more fully set forth,'pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accoman in drawings. in which: b

Figure 1 is a perspective view of part of a motor vehicle equipped with a pair of my improved fender guards.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of my fender guards.

.Figure 3' is a horizontal, sectional view of the car body showing my improved fender guard installed thereon, the fender guards eing shown partly in horizontal section and partly broken away.

Figure 4 is a horizontal, sectional view through the rear end of one of the fenders ilustrating a manner of attaching a fender brace element thereto.

Figure 5 is a detail, sectional View taken on the line 55 of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line G-6 of Figure 3;and

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 77 of Figure 3.

In the drawings herewith by which I have illustrated a form in which my invention may be embodied and a manner in which it may be used, I have employed the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the body of a motor vehicle, having the rear Wheels 11 and the fenders 12. I

Assuming that my improved fender guard is installed on a Ford car, I have shown such a car having near its rear end the longitudinal, downwardly opening channel-shaped frame member 12, having at its inner side at the lower edge of its inner wall, a lateral extension 13 terminating in a downward extension 14.

Such a car has also'the downwardly opening transveise'frame member 15, shown in Figure 5, and rearwardly therefrom the transverse frame member 16 in the form of a downwardly-opening channel having at the lower'edges of its walls, the lateral projections 17 and 18.

The flange or projection 18 has at its outer, rear edge a downwardly, inclined portion 19 shown in Figure 7 The bottom 20 of the body 10 rests on the member 12 and at its rear end has a downwardly, inclined portion 21 terminating in a horizontal flange 22 resting on the flange 17.

The back 10 of the car body 10 has formed at its lower edge a channel 23 receiving the flange or extension 19.

The features of structure above described are the ordinary features of structure of the Ford car and are here described somewhat fully because one of the purposes of my fender guard, although perhaps not the most important one is to make a fender guard the car.

peculiarly ada ted to be connected with and mounted on t e standard Ford structure with the least inconvenience.

My improved fender guard comprises a pair of vertically spaced, resilient strap bumper bars A, each comprising a rear curved portion 24 arranged to stand just rearwardly or just forwardly as the case may be from the end of the fender.

I have illustrated my device as mounted on the rear of a Ford.

Assuming that the parts are in position for installation on the rear end of a Ford and that reference is bein made to the right-end fender guard, it will be noted that at the inner end of each curved member 24, idch spring bumper bar has a portion 25 xtending substantially directly toward the car body.

At the ends of the bumper bars A are formed eyes 26, which receive bolts or pins 27. A supporting member 28 may bemade of T iron and has at one end an eye 29 mounted on the outer pin 27 and has secured to it between its ends another eye 30 mounted on the inner pin 27.

It will be understoodthat the supporting member 28 is secured to the pins 27 between the respective spring bumper'bars 24 and serves to hold them vertically spaced.

The supporting member 28 has a curved portion 28 between the pins 27 and apor tion 28 projecting from the inner pin 27 toward the car body at a slight inclination from a line parallel with the longitudinal axis of the car body.

Secured to the supporting member 28 between the pins 27 and substantially nearer the inner pin 27 is a supporting element 31, which may have the form of a channel bar, which extends from the portion 28 of the member 28 toward the car body, and when installed stands just below the rear portion of the lon itudinal frame member 12. 7

At. its ibrward-end, the supporting element 31 (assuming that the fender ard is installed at the rear of the automo ile) is provided in its upper horizontal flange with spaced holes 32 and 33.

Near its extreme end and between the holes 32 and 33, the upper, horizontal flange of the element 31 is provided with a notch 34.

' i In the installation of the device, the notch 34 receives the end of the rear flange or wall of the transverse member 15 and the front end of the element 31 abuts against the forward flange or wall of the transverse member 15 for strengthening the connection with;

In the Ford car, the bottom 20, the longi-' tirdf'mal frame member 12, and the transverse member 15 are connected by a bolt 35, which emme tended through the hole 33 and thereupon the nut 37 is replaced.

The bottom 20, the frame member 12, and the supporting element 31 are secured together by another bolt 38 extended through the hole 32.

The supporting member 28 has in its upper flange a notch 39 which receives the flange 19 and the channel 23, as shown in Figure 7, so that the supporting member 28 may be held snugly against the under surface of the flange 17.

At the forward end of the supporting member 28 is fastened an angle 40, which is bolted to the rear flange or Wall of the trans verse frame member 12, as shown in Figure 3.

. There is thus afforded an extremely rigid connection and supporting means between the fender guard and the car body.

The member 28 is a continuous member extending from the outer pin 27 to the car body and the element 31 affords a rigid brace, whereby the fender guard is mounted to resist side thrusts and strains b being rigidly connected with the longitudinal frame member of the car at two ints as by the bolts 35 and 38 and with t e transverse frame member at one point.

I preferably secure to the under side of the upper horizontal flan of the element 31, a flat portion 41 of a lender brace made in the form of a piece of strap iron, which has a portion 42 extending downwardly and latera ly from the portion 41, and thence rearwardly as at 43, and thence away from the element 31, and forming the portion 44 curved to fit the under, rear art of the fender, and then has the forwar ly projecting portion 45.

The portions 43, and 45 fit the flan ee 43 and 47 of the fender and are bolted t ereto as shown.

I claim as my invention:

1. A fender guard support comprising a rigid supporting ,member having a portion ada ted to be secured to a car frame and exten ing away therefrom and terminating in a curved portion inclined at a substantial angle to said first portion, and a supporting element pivoted to the latter portion of said first member and adapted to be mounted on the longitudinal frame member of the car.

2: In a device of the class described, a supporting member having a portion adapted to be secured to the frame of a car and a curved portion inclined away therefrom, a spring bumper device mounted on said curved portion, a rigid supporting element fixed to said curved portion. and

portin adapted to be secured to a car body, the first portion of said first member and said supporting element being inclined at-an angle to each other for better bracing effect.

3. In a device of the class described, a supporting member having a portion adapted to be secured to the frame of a car and a curved portion inclined away there from, a spring bumper device mounted on said curved portion, a rigid supporting element fixed to said curved portion and adapted to be secured to a car body, the

first portion of said first member and said supporting element being inclined at an angle to each other for better bracing effeet, and a tender brace for connecting said supporting element with a fender.

4. In a lender guard, a pair of spring bumper members vertically spaced, each comprising portions adapted to be placed substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of a car and curved portions inclined away from said first portions and adapted to stand spaced from the ends of the car tenders'for rotecting' such ends, a supmom or having .a curved portion secure to the respective ends of said spring bumper members, and a Jortion extending away from said coring umper members and adapted to be hastened to a car body, a supporting element secured to the curved portion of said supporting member between the ends of the spring bumper members and inclined away therefrom at an angle to the first portion of the first'sup orting meinher and adapted to be secure to the body of a car. f

-5. The combination of a car body having a longitudinal and a transverse frame member with a tender guard comprising a supporting member secured to said transverse frame memberand inclined awe therefrom at an acute angle to the longitu inal axis of the car and having at its outer end a later-' ally curved portion, a supporting element secured to said curved portion and extend ing away therefrom at an acute angle with.

relation to the first portion of said'sup.

porting member and secured to the longitudinal frame member of the car.

6. The combination of a car body havin a lon itudinal and a'transverse frame mom or wit a fender guard COIDPIlSlIlg a supporting member secured to said transverse frame member and inclined away therefrom at an acute un le to the longitudinal axis or the car and having at its outer end a laterally curved portion, a supporting element secured to said curved portion and extending away therefrom at an acute angle with relation to the first portion of said supporting member and secured to the longitudinal frame member of the car, and a spring bumper member havin its ends secured to said curved portion 0 said first member near the ends there of, and its body portion spaced from said curved portion 7. The combination of a car body having her with a tender guard comprising a supporting member secured to said transverse trams member and mclmed awaythereirom a longitudinal and a transverse frame memat an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of theater and having at its outer end a laterally curved portion, a supporting element secured to said curved portion and extending away therefrom at an acute angle with relation to the first portion of said supporting member and secured to the longitudinal frame member of the car, and a pair at vertically spaced, substautiall parallel spring burn or members having tieir ends secured to=t e curved ortion of said first-named so porting mem er and comprising portions su stantiully parallel with the longitudinal axis of the car, and portions curved away from said first portions laterally and adapt ed to stand adjacent to and protect the endsthe supporting member at a point substanill) roe

tially spaced therefrom, said bracing ole- 'ment bem connected to the bumper element through the supporting member,'wherehy the fender guard will be braced'r'elative to the automobile.

9. The combination of a motorvehiele frame and fender structure, with a tender guard structure having a supporting menu her secured to the vehicle frame and extend ing rea'rwardly therefrom and having at its rear part a curved portion, a bracing element fixed at one end to the supporting memher and at the other end to the same frame member as that to which the supporting member is fixed at a point substantially spaced from the su porting member, a bumper element fixe at one end to the curved portion of said supporting member said curved portion having an eyelet, said bumper element comprising spaced curved spring members, havin vertlcally s aced eyelets located respective y above and low said first eyelet,.and a bolt extended through said eyelets, eyelets at the other ends of sold sprin members, a bolt extended through said last eyelet, means for connecting said last bolt with the supporting member, and means for connectin said tender guard structure with the fen or structure.

10. Thei-eombinetionef a motor vehicle frame having transverse frame member with a, bumper supporting structure having asupporting member connected with'said 5 transverse frame "member and extending away therefrom and having a, curved end portion, a brace element connected with said bumper snppemfiing member and with the same transverse frame mexnben and a, bumper device supported on said bumper W supporting structure comprising vertically spaced spring members having eyes at their 'ends, and bolts extended through said eyes and connected with the said bumper supporting structure.

ALGOT W. NORDGREN. 

